If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just
and will forgive us our sins

and purify us from all unrighteousness.

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BlogFam, It is not a great mystery why any of us would
want to conceal our sin. We, as human
beings, have literally been doing so since the dawn of creation when Adam and
Eve hid in the garden after eating from the tree of knowledge from which they
were instructed not to eat. Nobody wants
to get caught doing wrong. We do wrong
in the dark, with masks on, hopefully when nobody is watching or listening, and
in places, with people, such that those most familiar with us would likely
never guess. When we do the wrong thing
or say the wrong thing, unless we are just hardened in our minds by sin, we do
not broadcast our wrongdoings, or our ill will, or our obvious manipulation of
others. We do not call or text our
friends with our latest downfall. We do
not give a shout out to those who helped us to accomplish that which was
contrary to the will of God. We most
likely will not start a small group or have a bible study or confess to our
pastors around the last week’s personal sins.
All of this is against our nature.
If there is something we know how to do, we ALL know how to keep quiet
when what we have said or done would ruin our reputation, diminish our
character, or cast a shadow on our pristine image. That is the truth, whether we acknowledge it
or not. We all know how to conceal our
sin and we all know how to resist the wisdom of confession.

To confess means to own or admit as true. To confess means to declare or acknowledge in
order to obtain absolution [which is defined as freeing from blame or guilt,
release from consequences, obligations, or penalties]. Confession of sin is unfortunately, yet not
surprisingly, NOT on the top of our list of daily priorities. We will carry and cover our sins for days,
weeks, months and even for years. We too
often choose to live burdened by the secret of our wrong rather than own or
admit the truth of our brokenness. We
would rather choose to live under the bondage of what we have done in our past
rather than acknowledge what we have done in order to obtain the liberation
that comes when we confess our sins to the one who is faithful and just to
forgive.

Friends, why? Why
have you kept that secret so long? How
has it benefited you to be held captive by your past? In what ways, have you hurt yourself or
others because you are not free from sin?

It is the pleasure of the enemy and ALL others who
secretly want to see you less than successful, to watch you run around in
circles because you cannot move forward because of un-confessed sin. It is the pleasure of the enemy, and some of
those who did the dirt with you, to hear of your downfall because what you have
done in the dark has come to the light.
It is the pleasure of the enemy, and those who are jealous of your
gifts, talents, abilities, and opportunities, to know that you are stuck because
you made ONE bad decision from which it does not appear you will ever recover.

My sistas and brothas, those of you who really want to
live your life surrendered to the Most High, do not be deceived by the enemy to
think that YOU are not being tricked by the enemy into keeping your sins to
yourself! PLEASE BE CLEAR: YOU are NOT
exempt from the enemy’s desire to steal, kill, and destroy. In fact, you are a prime target when you
choose to conceal your sin because this secret gives the enemy an inroad to
destroy your purpose and your prosperity.
For the enemy knows that there will be some places you will not go,
relationships you will not build, things you will not do that are connected
your destiny simply because you have not confessed your sin. And the enemy will therefore seize the
opportunity to plant seeds of guilt, doubt, low self-esteem, and anything else that will keep you from
being the very best that you can be.

BlogFam, the TRUTH is this: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE
THAT WAY! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY IN
SIN! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE HELD IN BONDAGE
BY THE SINS OF YOUR PAST! For the Word of the Lord declares:

Proverbs 28:13

Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper,

BUT
the one who CONFESSES and renounces them finds mercy.

AND

1 John 1:9

If we CONFESS our sins, God is faithful and just
and will forgive us our sins

and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Friends, THIS is GOOD NEWS! Our God knew that we would mess up and that
we would make decisions that would draw us away from His presence. Yet, in God’s infinite love and mercy, God has
already provided a way for us to be restored into right relationship with Him
through the act of confession. AND God
has PROMISED that our confessions will not be in vain. We will be forgiven by God. Now, I also want you to know that God’s
forgiveness does not necessarily exempt us from the consequences of our
sins. Adam and Eve still had to leave
the Garden of Eden. But our God will
extend the grace to help us to face and endure the consequences of our actions
and because we have confessed our sins to God, we will not have to do so alone.

BlogFam, let’s get it ALL out in the open!!! Open up your mouth and CONFESS your sins to
the one who knows all about them anyway.
CONFESS your sins so that you can experience the mercy, the faithfulness,
the justice, the forgiveness, and the purification of the Holy One. You WILL be made righteous through your
confession and the freedom from the spiritual bondage of that sin will be yours. When you CONFESS your sins to God, the enemy will
try to bring them to your remembrance in order to keep you stuck in your past
and there will be people who will never forget and who may never forgive, BUT
when you CONFESS to God, you can walk in freedom from the guilt and shame of
those dark deeds. You are FREE! And your testimony can inspire others to do
the same.

BlogFam, Let’s Get It ALL Out in the Open! God can
handle it! You need to confess it! The enemy will hate it! But your life’s
purpose and prosperity is depending on it!
So let’s just do it!

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